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| c12croft |
 Mar 26 2012, 06:38 PM
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Steel flares, or fender flares in general , fit compatibly with the fiberglass, ABS rockers in order to maintain the correct line of the flare, or so I always thought??
See photo of similar car:  This otherwise precludes the use of Steel Rockers, which I've always only saw in the fully straight/ flat style:  Am I correct in this conclusion? Or are the steel rocker ends worked to maintain the flared fender lines? Or can the steel rockers with pre-flared ends be found by some aftermarket supplier? |
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| SirAndy |
Mar 26 2012, 06:45 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,954 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Flared rockers are always fiberglass unless someone modified steel rockers by hand. I've seen it done and i like the idea.
As far as i know, nobody is selling flared steel rockers ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| ClayPerrine |
Mar 26 2012, 08:09 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,958 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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I had both my rockers and valences done when the body shop put on the flares. They look great. But there is no one that I know of who is actually doing this for sale.
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| bulitt |
Mar 26 2012, 08:12 PM
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Achtzylinder Group: Members Posts: 4,188 Joined: 2-October 11 Member No.: 13,632 Region Association: South East States |
Previous thread on how to flare the steel rockers.
Flared steel rockers |
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| jim912928 |
Mar 26 2012, 09:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,487 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I eye-balled both 930 and 911SC rear bumper extensions...seems like the flair lines up well with the contour of the 914 flair. Anybody look at this in detail? Might be a good metal grafting option to 914 stock stell flares?
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| c12croft |
Mar 26 2012, 09:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 24-December 04 From: Long Island, New York Member No.: 3,331 |
I mean the ABS rockers can be made with the exact correct roll to match the roll of the steel fender flares. The problem is that the ABS rockers tend to be flimsy as compared to the steel rockers. Does any one else find this to be at issue or is the ABS a suitable replacement for the steel and leave it as is? Yi
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| Cracker |
Mar 27 2012, 05:25 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,148 Joined: 2-February 10 From: Atlanta (area) Member No.: 11,316 Region Association: South East States
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You can also go without the contoured rocker...not that I necessarily like the look. Ideally, a custom fit/formed steel rocker would be on order. As I've said many times during my teener build - it's only money! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
BTW, I have the glass rockers with my flairs and although they are solid "enough" for my track car/hot rod - a nicely done show-er/poser might like something a little more substantial. |
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| ClayPerrine |
Mar 27 2012, 12:30 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,958 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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Here are some pictures of my car while it was at the body shop.
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